[CMake] CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE should start as a drop-list option

[Philip Lowman]

The second line seems like a good idea to me.  The user can always modify
the property in their code if they have custom build types.

The first line seems like a bad idea.  I think the default build type should
be left to the project.  Currently you can set it manually before
project().  I think a variable you could set before project() which
initialized the cache variable for you isn't a bad idea so long as it says
next to it in the docs not available in 2.8.

On Mar 1, 2010 9:44 PM, "J Decker" <d3ck0r at gmail.com> wrote:

set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Debug" CACHE STRING
     "Set build type")
 set_property(CACHE CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE PROPERTY STRINGS
              "Debug" "Release" "MinSizeRel" "RelWithDebInfo")


This could be added to some default startup macro, no?
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